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CAPTAIN GARLAND BURNLEY,
son of Col.Zachariah Burnley (one of the Orange Co.Committee of Safety, in 1774) married Frances Taylor, daughter of Erasmus, and niece of Col.George Taylor. Capt. Burnley lived adjoining "Midland" and was in evidence at all family gatherings and social events. He was of a convivial nature and often indulged too freely in the flowing bowl. When Col.George Taylor died, Capt. Burnley assisted in "laying out" etc. He died in 1793, leaving surviving, his wife and two daughters: (48) Sarah, who married William Day Taylor. Judith, married Thomas B.Adams. Two other daughters, Lucy and Jane, died in August 1788. Judith Burnley was baptized by Rev.Alex'r Balmain (her uncle by marriage), of Winchester, on May 18, 1788. The Burnley place was about 1/2 mile east of where Dr. Grinnan now (1900) lives. Capt. Burnley served under Col.Francis Taylor(the diarist) in the Regiment known as the "Virginia Convention Guards."
THE CATLETT FAMILY,
was related to the Taylors through a number of intermarriages. Col.George Taylor's first wife, Rachel Gibson;s mother's maiden name was Margaret Catlett, and her(M.C.'s) grand-father was Col.John Catlett of Port Royal, Va. who was killed by the Indians at the Port Royal fort in 1670. The Catletts also intermarried with the Moores, the Conways and the Taliaferros, and through them were connections of the Taylors.
THE CHEW FAMILY,
See under head of Martha Taylor.
THE CONWAY FAMILY,
was one of the prominent ones socially in Orange Co. in Colonial times and since, and all were recognized as relatives by the Taylors. Col.George Taylor's 2nd, wife was Mrs. Sarah Taliaferro Conway. Her daughter, Sarah Conway, married Dr. Charles Taylor, son of Col.George Taylor, and Harriet Taylor, daughter of Dr. Charles, married Catlett Conway. The old Conway homestead is now (1900) owned by a Mr. Crenshaw.
CAPTAIN FRANCIS DADE,
owner of Dade's Mills, was a great friend of the Taylors, and in later generations the two families intermarried. He died May 28, 1791. Dade's Mills were on the Rapidan River, about two miles below the present Madison Mills. His residence was near by. It was a favorite rendezvous for fishing parties among the gentry of Orange and Madison Cos. The Mills were later called Peyton's Mills and were destroyed by a flood in 1862.
From the TAYLOR DIARY #1907-z in the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina Library, Chapel Hill. FOR REFERENCE ONLY: PERMISSION TO PUBLISH MUST BE REQUESTED. WARNING: MOST MANUSCRIPTS ARE PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT.